Chapter 60: Recovering the Money
It wasn't until the figures of the two people disappeared without a trace that Chu Xintian and Niu Li walked out from behind the tree.
Chu Xintian smiled and remembered a proverb: The praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch follows.
The mother-in-law and the Wang family regarded Chu Xintian as a cicada slaughtered by their master, and they didn't know that Chu Xintian was a stronger yellow finch behind the praying mantis.
"Sister-in-law, let's go."
Chu Xintian and Niu Li came to the "treasure tree".
"Sister-in-law, start digging!"
Chu Xintian inserted the shovel into the freshly buried pit and was about to dig it, when Niu Li held Chu Xintian's hand.
"What's wrong with my sister-in-law?"
"Yongjing Niang, I'm still a little scared. We dig up their money, and they don't come to us for trouble?"
Chu Xintian looked at Niu Li's face, frowned and said:
"Sister-in-law, no matter what, this silver is not earned by your mother-in-law herself, but by Brother Niu who gets up early and works late for others, you and Brother Niu are husband and wife, and his money is your money, but not only did you not see this money, it was all greedy by your mother-in-law, but also she beat and scolded her, why should you suffer these insults? Today, we happen to have this opportunity, so naturally we have to make them suffer a little, otherwise, wouldn't it be cheaper for these bad guys?
After pausing for a while, Chu Xintian said again: "Sister-in-law, don't you want to split up early and live your own good life?" Do you have to live with them and be bullied by them?
Chu Xintian's last sentence pierced Niu Li's heart, she no longer wanted to live the days of being bullied and trampled on.
"Well, Yongjing Niang, I listen to you!"
Niu Li made up his mind, swung his shovel, and quickly dug out all the copper coins under the roots of the tree.
Mother-in-law and Wang's, plus the five cents they put in before, a total of fifty-seven cents.
Looking at so much money, Chu Xintian said, "Sister-in-law, this money should have been yours."
Niu Li's heart is also full of gratitude, her husband Da Zhuang is the only blacksmith in the village and is very profitable.
However, the Niu family did not break up, no matter how much money Niu Dazhuang made, it eventually fell into the hands of her mother-in-law, and she, who was a wife, did not see a penny.
Without Chu Xintian's help, the money would still be in her mother-in-law's purse.
Thinking of this, Niu Li said to Chu Xintian: "Yongjing Niang, I'll give you half of the copper coin!"
Niu Li's words are not hypocritical, she is sincere.
Chu Xintian will give her half of the income from selling medicine, in addition, she will also take her to do a medicinal herb business together to help her fight back against her mother-in-law and the Wang family who have been bullying her, Chu Xintian regards her as a real friend.
How could Niu Li not thank her friend?
Although this amount of money is not small, Niu Li feels that Chu Xintian should get half of this money.
Chu Xintian also saw that Niu Li really wanted to give her money, but Chu Xintian couldn't ask for money.
"Sister-in-law, I understand what you mean, but it's all your money, not mine, I can't ask for it."
Chu Xintian's help to the Niu Li family was purely out of the morality of a friend, not out of greed for the money.
Niu Li wanted to say something, but Chu Xintian interrupted her: "Sister-in-law, it's not early, you have to hurry home, otherwise you will go back too late, and they will be suspicious."
Niu Li thought that Chu Xintian was right, so he put the copper coin he dug up in a cloth bag and handed it to Chu Xintian: "Yongjing Niang, I can't take it back easily, you should help me hide it."
"Okay, sister-in-law, give it to me, don't worry, I'll definitely hide it in a place where no one can find it."
They returned to Chu Xintian's house together, and then Niu Li also left.
Chu Xintian called Bai Yongjing over and handed him a cloth bag containing money: "Son, this is Aunt Niu's money, she can't take it with her, you can help hide it."